Dawnward Breath

[Intro] Faint stars blink outside, a quiet room breathing slow I count the shadows, they know my name but never show [Verse 1] Oliwa mukwanya? I ask the night in a whisper low What I carry inside, only the silence tends to know Walls listen in the cold, and I’m tucked in where doubts grow Trying to speak in colors when the world wants grayscale glow [Pre-Chorus] If you hear my heartbeat through the air between us, hear it in the tune If you hear my breathing in the gaps, I’m closer to you in the room [Chorus] I am here, though I’m unseen, a traveler in my own skin I long to cross the miles between us, to let your light come in Hold my truth, don’t turn away, I’m learning to begin again If I stay, will dawn forgive the night I kept within? [Verse 2] Distance writes my letters in a font of rain and sighs The mirror shows a thousand faces, but none fit my own eyes Hidden feelings drift like moths to a distant flame that dies Yet in the quiet, I hear a whisper: change is rising from inside [Pre-Chorus] If you hear my heartbeat through the air between us, hear it in the tune If you hear my breathing in the gaps, I’m closer to you in the room [Chorus] I am here, though I’m unseen, a traveler in my own skin I long to cross the miles between us, to let your light come in Hold my truth, don’t turn away, I’m learning to begin again If I stay, will dawn forgive the night I kept within? [Bridge] Let the door crack open, let the frost fall from these fears I’m gathering courage from the quiet that time spent here clears [Chorus] I am here, though I’m unseen, a traveler in my own skin I long to cross the miles between us, to let your light come in Hold my truth, don’t turn away, I’m learning to begin again If I stay, will dawn forgive the night I kept within? [Outro] Oliwa mukwanya? I’ll answer with a dawnward breath and rise Distance loosens its grip as honesty becomes the skies